Friday, November 10, 2000

Angry Democrats have threatened retribution against Green Party candidate Ralph Nader if Vice President Al Gore is declared the loser in the presidential election. Nader won 3 percent of the nationwide vote, obtaining 2.6 million votes, but Democrats say that his totals in the closely contested states of Florida, Oregon and New Hampshire were well above the margins there between Gore and Bush. [includes rush transcript]

Republican George W. Bush’s campaign said today that Democrats should drop legal challenges in Florida now that a recount showed the Texas governor had been elected president but Al Gore’s camp said they would not give up until the legal system had "run its course." [includes rush transcript]

Despite widespread international opposition and the intervention of Mexico’s president-elect, Texas last night executed Miguel Flores, a Mexican citizen who had been on death row for 11 years. [includes rush transcript]

DN! In Depth

By Amy Goodman with Denis Moynihan — The corporate television newscasts spend more and more time covering the increasingly disruptive, costly and at times deadly weather. But they consistently fail to make the link between extreme weather and climate change.